Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
William Clyde "Bill" Elliott, also known as Wild Bill, Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, or Million Dollar Bill, is a retired NASCAR driver. He won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and has garnered 44 wins in that series, including two Daytona 500 victories in 1985 and 1987 and a record four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway between 1985 and 1986. He holds the track record for fastest qualifying speed at Talladega at 212.809 miles per hourand Daytona International Speedway at...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth8 October 1955
CityDawsonville, GA
We never could get up there. This is the kind of race if you can't win there's no sense to wreck yourself or someone else. You just want to stay out of trouble and keep your nose clean.
We have two objectives for the 500 -- the first is to have a good solid run. And the second is to put the Ginn Clubs & Resorts car in position to win the race during the closing laps.
Daytona is a special place and the '500' is a special race. I haven't reached the point where I am content to watch this race on television. I would rather be part of the action - it's the big show.
It always feels good to put on the McDonald's uniform and see that big arch on the hood of the car, ... California is the kind of track that suits us pretty well. We've had some good qualifying and race runs there in the past.
This was our first race together and everyone did a great job. We were hoping for a better finish, but we had a tight car and just couldn't free it up. It was tough out there today. A lot of crazy things happen on this track and I was happy that we didn't wreck any equipment.
The car was a little tight. We just need to make a few tweaks and I feel we'll be in good shape for the 500. The key is that we came away from this race with an unscathed car.
The Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevrolet wasn't bad. However, I am pretty confident that our 500 car will be much better in the draft. Considering this was our first race together I think we did pretty well. It was a successful test for our races next week.
When I stopped driving full time in 2003, my ties with Dodge ended, and now that's all Ray's deal. Once Ray said this was OK to do, I decided to do it, and we'll see where the wind blows me.
Dr No is good, he's coming back good in training, in about 2:20. He's training back like a bobcat.
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We were hoping for a better finish, but we had a tight car and just couldn't free it up.
I am kind of still on loan from Ray. But we really have no plan put together for anything yet this year, and sometimes the door opens.